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Host Bob Edwards talks to Steve York and Peter Ackerman, director and editor of the PBS documentary A Force More Powerful: A Century of non-Violent Conflict which airs tonight. The documentary highlights successful non-violent movements from around the world.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Chicago that civil rights activists vow to keep using fake job applicants to ferret out discrimination in hiring. They're promising to persist despite losing a federal court case concerning the undercover tactic.

Noah talks to Luke McCabe and Chris Barrett, seniors at Haddonfield Memorial High School in Haddonfield, New Jersey about their offer to be walking billboards. The pair are looking for a company to sponsor them. In exchange for college tuition, they are willing to wear clothes and sunglasses all with the sponsors' logo on them.

With the Summer Olympics in full swing, a festive atmosphere has taken hold in Sydney's Olympic Park. As NPR's Eric Weiner reports, fans are giving high marks to the compact layout of the park and the genial hospitality of the Australian hosts. The early transportation snafus that delayed many athletes and journalists seem to have been solved -- at least for now.

NPR's Renee Montagne reports on some of the issues being discussed at the National Conference on children's mental health. Montagne talks with one parent and a physician about coping with Attention Deficit Disorder.

NPR's Rob Gifford in Beijing reports one of the leaders of China's Roman Catholic Church has been arrested. The detention of 81-year-old Bishop Zeng Jingmu, who has already spent more than three decades in prison, happened as a senior Vatican official is on a visit to the Chinese capital.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports on tomorrow's Senate primary in Washington State, which will decide on a Democratic opponent for veteran GOP incumbent Slade Gorton. Gorton is considered vulnerable in his re-election bid this fall. He is likely to face Maria Cantwell, a former one-term Democratic House member who is now a high-tech multi-millionaire. The results of the state's unusual open primary system, in which all candidates run on the same ballot, might be a harbinger for Gorton's chances in November.

Scott talks to Detroil blues singer Alberta Adams who recorded her first album at the age of 77.

NPR's senior news analyst Daniel Schorr review the week's news.

This week a bill directing millions to poor rural communities by way of the timber industry passed. Kristian Foden-Vencil of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports.